| Pandora's box me thinks this one...
I love the classic 916 shape etc, and lthough the shape/design of the 749/999 hasn't set the world alight, it is a step forward, Ducati or any bike manufacturer wouldn't of made the decision to replace such an iconic bike if they didn't know (not think) that the new bike was going to be a step in the right direction.
Prices are holding well, because every 748-998 is now an older model, and only available 2nd hand, and because of this, more people are able to afford them, who wouldn't like an iconic bike eh? which in turn has kept values high, and the downside is the new models are depreciating faster..
What also didn't help things in the 2nd half of 2004 was Ducati announcing to the world at Laguna WSB the 2005 range of 749/999 models with new fairing, and supposedly more power, and lighter (although that has been discussed previously and is more down to marketing rather than solid fact), so due to that Ducati dealers have struggled to sell any new bikes from July onwards, and had to reduce prices of 04 models dramatically to get the sales, great if you were in the market for a 04 bike, but a bit of a kick in the teeth for any current owners of an 03 749/999 etc, as their values would have crashed.  | 
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